DESCRIPTION
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InOut is a windows network utility designed to replace
the magnetic in and out tracking boards. It was created 
to be both simple and quick to use in tracking where people
in a company or department are.

It operates on any network, consumes only two to four
percent of system resources and provides color-coordinated
tracking.

In our department there was no convenient place to put a
magnetic in and out board where everyone could see it and
would use it, so we created the InOut board to allow anyone
to see where the staff was. By color coordinating locations,
red-physically out, green-in, blue or yellow-within the 
building. You can tell at a glance if the person you're 
looking for is available. 

The copy provided here supports up to 12 employees and 
unlimited locations each stored in a database. The board 
display updates every 30 seconds so changes are immediate.
The registered version of InOut supports up to 48 employees and 
a large and small format. The small format displays 12 
employees and the large one 24. Included with both versions 
is the "note" feature; by double clicking on the employee's name
a note box appears where a detailed location or explanation can 
be entered. A "note pin" will appear beside the employee name.

The InOut board has proved to be a very useful tool for us. We 
hope for the $20 registration fee you too will find it
indispensable.
We at KEER Consulting welcome your comments or suggestions. 


HOW TO INSTALL INOUT
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1. Copy these files into the a group that everyone in that group
can access on the network example "f:\users\mis\inout"
    inout.exe 
    inout.mdb 
    inout.ini

2. copy all the *.vbx and *.dll into the public directory so everyone has
access to them, or copy them into there windows system directory, but copying
the to the public directory on the network is better.



3. Change the inout.ini file to point to where the database file
is located (*.mdb)
   example.
      dbfdir= f:\users\mis\inout

4. Create a new program item in program manager by selecting
INOUT.exe.
   **** Make sure that the (Working Directory) points to where
the INOUT.exe
   is located, because the first time inout is loaded it copies
the inout.ini
   into there windows directory !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
     


Using INOUT
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We kept it very simple.

1. Under update employees fill in the information for of the
employees in you department.

2. Under Update location enter every place that they can hide
(LUNCH, MIS, BREAK, Personnel, ext...)

3. Pick a color for that location. We found out the simple the
better ours is set up like this.
     in = green
     lunch, break, sick = red
     at another site = blue
     in another department but in the building = yellow

4. That's it if you go someplace you just select where you went.

6. An extra feature. If you need elaborate on where you went
double
   click on your name and a msgbox comes up, fill in some
information
   and click exit. A pin will be displayed that they can click to
read 
   your message. To remove message and pin just clear message.

     
That's it..... have fun